Chess in Schools and Communities is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy explains when, how, and why we collect personal data about people.

Who we are

Chess in Schools and Communities is the organiser of London Chess Classic registered at 44 Baker Street, W1U 7RT London.

How we collect your information

The only information we obtain about London Chess Classic participants is provided by them directly. We do not collect personal data simply as a result of a person visiting our website.

How your information is used

The personal data we obtain is applied for the following purposes, namely to:

Obtain payment of pay-to-play fees.

Identify members on the English Chess Federation (ECF) Website.

Submit details to the ECF to enrol London Chess Classic players as ECF members.

Communicating with London Chess Classic participants for the purposes of running the tournament, including starting times of chess events, prize distribution and other matters related to the events that they entered.

Enter you in a tournament, or as a participant of any component of the London Chess Classic.

Submit your results to FIDE and the ECF for rating.

Consistent with this, the contact details provided to us by London Chess Classic participants may be used to contact them by mail, telephone, fax or e-mail for the purposes of Chess in Schools and Communities.

We will hold personal data for a reasonable time afterwards and for accounting purpose for seven years.

This data is held pursuant to your consent implied by your entry to the tournament or participation in its programme and the legitimate interests of Chess in Schools and Communities which has been determined by a legitimate interest assessment and is the basis on which your data as set out is processed.

Who can access information

Unless required by law, we do not sell, rent or otherwise share personal data with other third parties.

Rights

Participants can ask for a copy of the data we hold about them. If a member provides information about another person, it is their responsibility to ensure that the other person has given their explicit consent to the processing of their personal data. You may also unsubscribe from our mailing list here.

Should you have any unresolved complaints about the way we process your personal data, you have the right to make a formal complaint to the Information Commissionerís Office (ICO).

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to the use of our website. We cannot be responsible for other websites even if accessed via links on our website.

Review of this policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this webpage. This privacy policy was last updated on 24th May 2018.